Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗num
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA numerical value equal to 2; the number following one and preceding three. · Describing a set or group with two elements.
PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English two, twa, from Old English twā, feminine and neuter of twēġen (whence twain), from Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognates Cognate with Scots twa (“two”); North Frisian tou, tuu (“two”); Saterland Frisian twäin, two (“two”); West Frisian twa (“two”); Dutch twee (“two”); Low German twee, twei (“two”); German zwei, zwo (“two”); Danish and Norwegian to (“two”); Swedish två, tu (“two”); Icelandic tvö (“two”); Faroese tvey (“two”); Latin duō (“two”); Ancient Greek δύο (dúo, “two”); Irish dhá (“two”); Lithuanian dù (“two”); Russian два (dva, “two”); Albanian dy (“two”); Old Armenian երկու (erku, “two”); Sanskrit द्व (dvá, “two”); Tocharian A wu, Tocharian B wi. Doublet of duo. See also twain. Unrelated to resembling words in Austronesian languages, including Malagasy roa; Cebuano and Tagalog dalawa; West Coast Bajau and Minangkabau duo; Buginese ᨉᨘᨓ (dua); Indonesian, Iban, Iranun, Ilocano, Sundanese, and Malay dua; West Coast Bajau and Minangkabau duo; Fijian, Māori, Rapa Nui, and Rotuman rua; Niuean and Tongan ua; Hawaiian, Samoan, and Wallisian lua; South Marquesan 'ua. All of which originated from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentiontwoenm
- Inherited-form mentiontwāang
- Inherited-form mention*twai-gmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*twaigem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*dwóh₁ine-pro
- Cognate mentiontwasco
- Cognate mentiontoufrr
- Cognate mentiontwäinstq
- Cognate mentiontwafy
- Cognate mentiontweenl
- Cognate mentiontweends
- Cognate mentionzweide
- Cognate mentiontono
- Cognate mentiontvåsv
- Cognate mentiontvöis
- Cognate mentiontveyfo
- Cognate mentionduōla
- Cognate mentionδύοgrc
- Cognate mentiondhága
- Cognate mentiondùlt
- Cognate mentionдваru
- Cognate mentiondysq
- Cognate mentionերկուxcl
- Cognate mentionद्वsa
- Cognate mentionwuxto
- Cognate mentionwitxb
- Doublet mentionduoen
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